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How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

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Prisoners of the War on Drugs Prisoners of the War on Drugs
Authors: Sabrina Jones, Ellen Miller-Mack, Lois AhrensPublisher: Real Cost of Prisons ProjectYear: 2005Format: MonographCollection: Drugs in Prisons
Comic book detailing major issues in the war on drugs. Available through external website http://realcostofprisons.org/comics.html
Our Voices Within: Healing from the Inside Out Our Voices Within: Healing from the Inside Out
Publisher: California Coalition for Women PrisonersDate: 10/12/2003Volume Number: 12-OctFormat: MonographCollection: Violence Against Women
Compilation of conference papers
Our Voices Within: Our Journey Our Voices Within: Our Journey
Publisher: California Coalition for Women PrisonersYear: 2004Format: MonographCollection: Violence Against Women
Compilation of conference papers. Available through CCWP website
The Split of the Weather Underground Organization: Struggle Against White and Male Supremacy The Split of the Weather Underground Organization: Struggle Against White and Male Supremacy
Publisher: John Brown Book ClubDate: 2/1977Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: MonographCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Prairie Fire Organizing Committee published documents of the split in the Weather Underground Organization. CONTENTS: Intro by John Brown Book Club; Class and Revolutionary Politics: the meaning of the Hard Times Conference (Feb.1976); In Defense of Prairie Fire by Clayton van Lydegraf (July 1976); WUO Public Self-Criticism by the RC (Oct.1976); Criticism of the Central Committee by the Revolutionary Committee (Nov. 1976);Tape from Bernadine Dohrn (Nov. 1976); Letter from sisters in the WUO to the women of PFOC (Sept. 1976); John Brown Book Club's Self-Criticism; Open Letter to the RC from Native American Warriors (Jan. 1977); Statement on the Bombing of the INS by the RC (Feb. 1977)
Women's Liberation and Imperialism Women's Liberation and Imperialism
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeDate: 11/1977Volume Number: NovemberFormat: MonographCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
PFOC document on Women's Liberation and Imperialism Preface; Overview; Historical Roots; Structure of Women's Oppression Under Imperialism; Double Shift; Work in the Home; Women's Oppression and Waged Labor; Institutions of Social Control; History of Women's Struggles in the US; Women and the Anti-imperialist Left; I like to think of Harriet Tubman
Stop Forced Sterilization Now!/ Alto A Esterilizacion Forzada Stop Forced Sterilization Now!/ Alto A Esterilizacion Forzada
Publisher: The Committee to Stop Forced SterilizationFormat: MonographCollection: Sterilization
Bilingual Monograph
From Women in Prison Here to Women of Viet Nam: We Are Sisters From Women in Prison Here to Women of Viet Nam: We Are Sisters
Publisher: People's PressYear: 1975Format: MonographCollection: Vietnam
Letters, poems and messages to Vietnamese women political prisoners from women in prison in the United States.
Liberation Through Participation: Women in the Zimbabwean Revolution. Writings and Documents from ZANU and the ZANU Women\'s League Liberation Through Participation: Women in the Zimbabwean Revolution. Writings and Documents from ZANU and the ZANU Women\'s League
Publisher: National Campaign in Solidarity with ZANU Women\'s LeagueFormat: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
A Collection of articles from Zimbabwe News (Official Organ of ZANU) 1974-1979
Resistance, War and Liberation: Women of Southern Africa Resistance, War and Liberation: Women of Southern Africa
Publisher: Women\'s International Resource ExchangeFormat: MonographCollection: Africa- General Resources
A compilation of articles by and about women in South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe
Babaye: A Primer about Women and for Women Babaye: A Primer about Women and for Women
Publisher: GABRIELA-Mindanao and Womens Studies and Research Center (Philippines)Year: 1986Format: MonographCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Produced by organizers in the Filapino Womens Movement, this monograph provides a historical context of womens oppression, the coming the Spaniards and the destrcution of traditional womens roles, women in the Phillapine Revolution and the current status of Filapino women.